ANTISTROT is a Rotterdam based artist collective. Johan Kleinjan, Paul Börchers, David Elshout, Silas Schletterer, Michiel Walrave and Bruno Ferro Xavier da Silva work simultaneously on the same drawing. During these Antistrot-sessions, the collective goes before the individual and the final result is secondary to the dynamic process of action and reaction, which occurs during the collaboration.
Their style is a combination of influences from the streets of Rotterdam, the media and elements of the Antistrot Mythos—the collective experience of the Antistrot members composed of their collective memory of the art academy, make-believe characters and their own specific humor.
Their eclectic, chaotic and seemingly incoherent pieces mirror the flood of images, impressions and seductions that we're exposed to in everyday life. They do so without making value judgments. Antistrot is not reacting to our consumer society; they are part of it. By accepting consumer society, Antistrot exposes the true shades of our reality that have become invisible by overabundance and desensitization.

MICHAEL BILSBOROUGH illustrates figures entangled in the perennial problems of sexual confrontation, of gender posturing and of group dynamics. Gender hierarchy dissolves into gender anarchy. Bilsborough uses a carefully calculated drawing style, based in measurement and correction, which challenges the visceral, spontaneous nature of the behavior it depicts. Play turns violent and sex threatening. It's unclear whether the players will enjoy these acts or even survive. And it's often unclear what roles and qualities we can ascribe to each character; thus, the struggle extends to the viewer. Michael Bilsborough was born in California (1979). He received his MFA from the School of Visual Arts in 2006 and a BA from Columbia University in 2001. He currently lives and works in New York.

ROBERT BRINKER This body of work, entitled "Redrawn and Quartered", consists of large cut paper collages, drawn with thick, dark pencil lines. They are layered with other sheets of cut paper and reflective Mylar that toy with space and illusion. The drawings are made by tracing lines and shapes from sources including coloring books, Disney cartoon characters and adult comic books. The images are woven into a line-work of figures and abstraction. The title "Redrawn and Quartered" acts as a hint that these pieces are not as cute and sweet as a mermaid or a little princess. They too have a dark side and fantasies. Robert Brinker was born in Chicago, IL (1971) and lives and works in Aspen, CO.

LUDOVICA GIOSCIA focuses on transient moments of intense feeling and the radical potential of the transgressive states of orgasm, jouissance and ecstasy. Her work inhabits the space where pleasure and pain collide. She recognizes these apparent opposites as inextricably linked. In Untitled 03 we are cast as voyeurs as two characters kiss endlessly, accompanied by a slurping soundtrack. It is the ultimate romantic fantasy and yet also nightmarish. Vampire-like, the two kissers devour each other in the solipsistic, suffocating self-absorption of romantic love.
Ludovica Gioscia was born in Milan (1977). She received her MFA in Art Media at the Slade School of Art, London and a BA in Fine Art Media at Chelsea College of Art and Design, London. She currently lives and works in London.

ELENA MONZO recalls the acid and aggressive form of the art brut and the comic underground. Politically incorrect, the stories that she tells are devoid of narration. Contemporary for her is the following: "There are no messages, only blasts, chaos: frames/cuts of life put together by coincidence, moments, gestures and common places in which men are the main character. Elena Monzo was born in Brescia, where she lives and works (1981).

SARA TECCHIA ROMA NEW YORK is located at 529 West 20th Street, between Tenth Avenue and Eleventh Avenue. The gallery is on the second floor. Hours are Tuesday through Saturday, 10am to 6pm. For more information, contact 212-741-2900, or visit www.saratecchia.com